The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s Concerts at the Arboretum series taps Dallas-based talent Havana NRG for the ultimate Latin-infused musical garden experience on Tuesday evening. NRG stands for “New Rhythm Generation,” and the energetic Cuban natives live up to their name with an innovative timba sound that combines traditional…
No need to wait until the Fourth to celebrate Independence Day because there’s plenty happening on July 3. Lone Star Park (1000 Lone Star Parkway) will be celebrating in usual style with horse racing, live music, a truck giveaway (2013 Chevrolet Silverado) and fireworks. Be warned, this 20-minute fireworks display…
Flashdance The Musical is coming to a stage near you at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Remember that little silver-screen gem? Back when young movie stars didn’t suck. (I’m looking at you, Ashley Benson … or, you know, any of them.) Plus, it gave us two of the hottest things ever: one-shoulder…
If you’ve never seen Sandra Bullock blow a peanut shell out of her nose, and you’d like to, The Heat is your movie. That’s not meant sarcastically: It’s one of the highlights of this often dismal but occasionally inspired comedy from Paul Feig, director of Bridesmaids, which pits Bullock’s hoity-toity…
Saturday night marks the opening reception of the curiously titled Lunchmeat (less than) Catfood at Cohn Drennan Contemporary (1107 Dragon St.), with Denton artists Ayrton Chapman, Bailey Chapman, Jennifer Leigh Jones and Alex Revier. The success of their Dallas. PUNK! exhibition earlier this year has proven Cohn Drennan one of…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here . Two nights after Jerry Seinfeld, the biggest stand-up comic in the world, came to Dallas, Paul…
It’s the final installment of the Edgar Wright directed “Blood and Ice Cream” Trilogy, and won’t see wide release until August 23. But the new Alamo Richardson (now set to open on August 9) refuses to wait, so it’s announced an early screening of The World’s End inside the yet-to-be-opened…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here . Tina Parker always knows when she’s stayed away from acting on her own stage a mite…
Neil Gaiman and his familiar unruly locks were greeted with a standing ovation Monday night at the Majestic Theater, which he humbly waved off urging the audience to take their seats. “I love you,” he said to his adoring audience. The event was bittersweet for Gaiman’s fans which span multiple…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here Akwete and Bandele Tyehimba dove into their love affair and opened Pan-African Connection — a shop known…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here . Here’s where you might have seen Dallas actress Liz Mikel: singing the roof off the Wyly…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. You know you’ve arrived at Edward Ruiz’s Exposition Park studio when you are greeted by a model…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Sally Glass loves meeting new people, being exposed to new things. So it isn’t surprising that she…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Matthew Posey lives for live theater. He also lives in his theater, the 40-seat Ochre House in…
The Nasher unveiled the second Xchange public art project on Friday, and it’s positioned to be the most public of them all. We mentioned a while back that Rick Lowe, Houston’s famous artist/activist and the man responsible for rebuilding the area’s Third Ward with his Project Row Houses, would be…
The Asian Film Festival of Dallas will usher in its 12 year of programming with an expansion, moving from its old Magnolia digs to the extra spacious Angelika for 2013. Last year’s showcase pulled in huge titles like Ace Attorney, the latest release by Takashi Miike (Ishi the Killer, Audition),…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here . Johny Hendricks picked an odd time to decide he would make a career out of fighting:…
Last weekend the Immersed in Ink Tattoo and Arts Convention arrived in Mesquite. Once there it dared to do the unthinkable: squish a small dining buffet, dozens of working tattoo artists, tiny-person extreme entertainment, sideshow spectacle and and a team of human suspension performers into one mid-sized showroom. The most…
Last weekend’s Screw Attack Gaming Convention was a massive celebration of video game culture, but that didn’t stop cosplay and costume die hards from showing off their best work. One man even diligently patrolled the event with an epically large 20-sided die perched on his shoulder, like a D&D-playing Atlas…
Screw Attack Gaming Convention occupied the downtown Dallas Hyatt last weekend, filling multiple floors with big name panel discussions, a showroom for indie game demos and more contests than you can shake an ancient Triforce at. It was a pure celebration of gaming culture, and we sent photographer Stephen Masker…
There’s a couple ways to look at Extreme Midget Wrestling: societal barometer, or ambitiously equal employment for short, ferocious athletes. The EMWF brought its folding chairs and trash can lids to Trees on Saturday night for an all-out slam fest, and by the match’s end, size no longer mattered. These…
The idea of arts and crafts typically conjures images of keeping small children occupied with glue and glitter. But serious crafting can lead to awesome DIY home decor and artistic self-confidence. In no particular order, here are five of Dallas’ best opportunities to get crafty…
